Corporate governance

The Fuji TV scandal: lessons in Japanese corporate governance and shareholder activism

The Fuji TV scandal From the point we’ve entered the New Year, the most hotly debated topic in Japan has…

2 weeks ago

The Renault-Nissan war and the future of the automobile industry. An interview with Carlos Ghosn

On October 9th, 2024, Asia Power Watch had the privilege to interview Carlos Ghosn, ex-President of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance and…

5 months ago

Colombia is unprepared to handle the risks of Chinese tech investment

This article, co-authored with Daniel Poveda and Christian Heinze, is part of the report "Understanding China's Tech Footprint in Colombia",…

1 year ago

What foreign firms can and cannot do to prepare for China’s foreign-spy law

This article was originally published on July 4, 2023 on holch.biz. Thank you to the author for the kind authorization…

2 years ago

The price of East-West economic warfare: Carlos Ghosn and the fate of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance

One cannot think of a better cautionary tale for East-West leadership than the spectacular rise and public fall of Carlos…

2 years ago

Credit ratings in China: pushing a narrative built in wonderland

On May 12, one of China’s largest property developers, Sunac China Holdings, admitted that it had defaulted on a $750…

3 years ago

Foreign firms in China must move up, on or out

Recent developments between China and the world bring to mind a 1960s Buffalo Springfield song: “There’s something happening here—What it…

4 years ago

The US-Ecuador ODA agreement: a model in economic influence strategy?

The final days of the Trump administration were marked by a largely unnoticed announcement which could turn out to be…

4 years ago

The future of EU – China investment cooperation

It is not that Europe and the US were unaware of China’s development throughout the 20th century. Waking up in…

4 years ago

The future of Abenomics in a post-Shinzo Abe Japan

Asia Power Watch contributor and Istanbul's Boğaziçi University researcher Semiha Karaoğlu was interviewed on September 3, 2020, by Dr Altay…

4 years ago